Hinderaker, Amorette2025-04-282025-04-282024-05-06https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/67022This study employs sensemaking theory, identity and identification literature, post-colonial theory, and critical theory to investigate the influence of short-term mission trips on long-term religious identity and identification. Findings suggest that organizationally curated short-term experiences, such as short-term missions (STMs), are an effective means for organizations to impose an organizational identity and promote positive identification among members during the experience. However, the results of this study propose the counterproductive nature of these short-term experiences on long-term organizational identity and identification, as participants are likely to de-identify with the organization and deconstruct their organizationally imposed identity as they retrospectively make sense of the experience.Format: OnlineenCommunicationText